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Bishop Magee breaks his silence
[caption id="attachment_66444" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Bishop Magee"][/caption] The Irish Catholic bishop criticized in the Cloyne...
August 24, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Dublin archdiocese faces financial crisis
Ireland's largest Catholic archdiocese has admitted it is facing serious financial problems with parishes on the brink of going bust because of the...
August 24, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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O'Brien found true vocation in NYC classroom
[caption id="attachment_66439" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="PHOTO BY PETER MCDERMOTT Schoolteacher Pauline O'Brien pictured at the New ...
August 24, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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GALWAY CITIZENS OFFERTO SAVE SENIOR HOME Several Good Samaritans have come forward offering to make the necessary refurbishments to St Francis' pub...
August 24, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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North teens inspired by 9/11 group
[caption id="attachment_66434" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Photo by Matthew Schmiemann. Learning lessons of peace in order to spread t...
August 24, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Kilkenny delivers strategic vision
The charity group SightSavers International held its annual general meeting recently in New York with Irish Consul General Noel Kilkenny delivering...
August 24, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Garda stabbed in Donegal brawl
A 46-year-old man has been charged after four people, including a garda sergeant, were stabbed outside a pub in County Donegal. John Boyle (46), fr...
August 24, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Veteran journalist Kelly dead at 100
He created a headline of his own by making the century. Veteran Belfast journalist James Kelly has died aged 100. Kelly, from the Falls Road, was a...
August 24, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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The big dig
Federal authorities have broadened their demands for the contents of oral history testimonies dealing with the Troubles in Northern Ireland and giv...
August 24, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Galaxy’s new star
Ireland’s captain and all-time top goal-scorer Robbie Keane is headed for California after signing a two-year contract Monday for Major League Socc...
August 17, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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21 plucked from sea off Fastnet
Special to the Irish Echo Baltimore, West Cork --- Amid scenes of relief and jubilation, the crew of a 100-foot American registered sailboat, "Ramb...
August 17, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Leitrim teen still awaits transplant
A family whose teenage daughter was unable to travel to London for a liver transplant last month, this due to an apparent breakdown in communicatio...
August 17, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff